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Are sure you know all that is being produced in indoor farms? What about what Growing Power is doing in Wisconsin and Illinois? In addition to producing leafy g

by mygo 9y ago

Are sure you know all that is being produced in indoor farms? What about what Growing Power is doing in Wisconsin and Illinois? In addition to producing leafy greens in their indoor vertical farms, they also produce fish, fruit, carrots, eggplant, tomatoes, corn, green beans, etc.

IkmoIkmo 9y ago
> Are sure you know all that is being produced in indoor farms? I don't understand what you're asking. But regarding Growing Power, as far as I know it's a small-scale demo farm that is used for educational purposes that's mostly funded by donations and a hell of a lot of good will in the form of volunteers, free material etc. I mean just take a look at their donor-page [0]. [0] http://www.growingpower.org/about/funding/ http://www.growingpower.org/about/funding/ It's not supposed to be taken seriously as a commercial farming project, if you ask me. And besides that, a lot of their farming is quite standard stuff, virtually only high-value crops (i.e. half a crop of lettuce that is 25 calories or 1% of your diet, but easily 10-20% of your food budget, and has relatively little ecological impact. I mean just take a look at Plenty's front page: lettuce and mint are front and centre, from a food impact point of view they might as well be producing spices. Not saying it isn't commercially viable, but they focus on a small part of our food chain). A minority is produced in anything other than typical greenhouses that have existed for many years and I'm not seeing staple foods like rice or corn produced this way. Things like the vertical farm by growing power are as far as I know just a concept, pretty similar to the other 1 million urban farm buildings created by 1 million clueless design students. (with all due respect, as I've studied to create an urban farm building myself in my own city!)

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Are sure you know all that is being produced in indoor farms? What about what Growing Power is doing in Wisconsin and Illinois? In addition to producing leafy g

by mygo 9y ago

IkmoIkmo 9y ago
> Are sure you know all that is being produced in indoor farms? I don't understand what you're asking. But regarding Growing Power, as far as I know it's a small-scale demo farm that is used for educational purposes that's mostly funded by donations and a hell of a lot of good will in the form of volunteers, free material etc. I mean just take a look at their donor-page [0]. [0] http://www.growingpower.org/about/funding/ http://www.growingpower.org/about/funding/ It's not supposed to be taken seriously as a commercial farming project, if you ask me. And besides that, a lot of their farming is quite standard stuff, virtually only high-value crops (i.e. half a crop of lettuce that is 25 calories or 1% of your diet, but easily 10-20% of your food budget, and has relatively little ecological impact. I mean just take a look at Plenty's front page: lettuce and mint are front and centre, from a food impact point of view they might as well be producing spices. Not saying it isn't commercially viable, but they focus on a small part of our food chain). A minority is produced in anything other than typical greenhouses that have existed for many years and I'm not seeing staple foods like rice or corn produced this way. Things like the vertical farm by growing power are as far as I know just a concept, pretty similar to the other 1 million urban farm buildings created by 1 million clueless design students. (with all due respect, as I've studied to create an urban farm building myself in my own city!)